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"Our business continues to grow each week." Pizzeria 7 12's success since it set up in Midtown Village six months ago may be an anomaly. In March, Larry Myler, the project's owner, said prospective buyers were having a difficult time getting mortgage loans approved for units. At the time, only four (now occupied) of the The Biking Life P.G.OKs downtown zoning change y HERALD 7 6 Pleasant Grove apprbved a controversial zone change on Tuesday, opening the way for a hotly contested revitalization plan to move forward. In January, hundreds gathered to protest the Downtown 2020 Action Plan, which many residents feared would lead to a skyscraper in one of Pleasant Grove's oldest f;. zone change was separate from any future project on the land, which would have to be approved later. The parcel rezoned on Tuesday is located between 100 North and 50 North and Main Street and 50 East. The land is part of a larger downtown revitalization r , ; DAILY A M f.. I . v '"' ' ; , 1 V V '' A ' J ; IN A6 EDITORIALS LIFE & UV STYLE INUV OBITUARIES C4 OUR TOWNS CI SPORTS B1 WEATHER 88 Reva Bowen bikes. The Woods family uses bicycles to commute to work, attend meetings and run errands f 'Quality vf Exprrirmr" stufe S. expensive bike will pay for itself in short order." Brad Woods manager. Mad Dog Cycles DILGERDaily Herald a bench in which the kids can be strapped. The bike is equipped saddle bags with that can be lifted off and taken into a store and which hold as much as four gallons of milk. Woods acknowledged that ustank of gas ing just doesn't happen every montl but said that using just one-hatank per month is not uncommon for rear-mount- one-quart- lf like grocery shopping and going to the bank and post office. They have a "bakfiets," a Dutch word for cargo bike, which has Aluminum; ratio Covers; Carports; ii'ni: Ptitin Furtiihiri" Custom Canvas Products; Custom Sewing Sr Repair; Banners; and much more! Avnm$s-Fabrl- c -! 19.19 A8 PRESS his family. "The kids have a blast," See BIKES, A3 Cablevision Systems Corp. the Sundance Channel, a cable network founded by Robert Redford. for $496 cable TV company million, the New York-are- a announced Wednesday. is buying The Sundance Channel will become part of Rainbow Media programming division but will continue on as a distinct network. Rainbow also includes the independent movie channel IFC, AMC andWEtv. The network was founded in 1996 by the Robert Redford Redford as an of his Sundance outgrowth Institute, an independent film organization which runs an annual film festival near Park City, Utah. The channel features independent movies as well as original programming, some of which director See SUNDANCE, AS MOTHER'S DAY SALE n z- 1767 "Even buying a very one-quart- er yiiiiioiiJL 1 STAFF As gasoline prices climb, some people might envy Orem's Brad Woods and his family, who used tank of gas durjust ing the entire month of March. How did Woods; his wife, Jenni; daughter, Abbi; and son, Ian, do it? On VOLUME 85 ISSUE 282 PNG LIST, NEW YORK CRAIG NORTH COUNTY HIGH 65 LOW 45 they've earned different SethSutel ASSOCIATED Orem family uses bikes to get around Mostly sunny their criminal career where Sundance Channel sold for $496M C6 BUSINESS COMICS person is at a point in See Jenni and Brad Woods ride their bikes with their children, Abbi, 4, and Ian, 2, on Tuesday. Jenni rides a "bakfiets," a Dutch cargo bike specifically designed for carrying children. , A5 prosecutor that this treatment." -- - See a photo you would like to have in your home or office? Daily Herald photos are available online at ' heraldextra.comgallery. BRIEFING to tell the ment," Buhman said. Any plea deals or Jeff Buhman bargains involving defenUtah County list PNG dants from the Attorney must be approved by Buh man. The list is tacked to a bulletin board in the conference room at the county attorney's office, and all , INSIDE "It's just career where they've earned different treat- '- i photos FOR SALE HERALD people with a long history of criminal offenses, and if your name is on the list, you may have a tough time getting a good plea deal. "It's just to tell the prosecutor that this person is at a point in their criminal I A3 rSTSh A3 Jeremy Duda to tighten his office's policies regarding plea bargains, Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman has been using something called the "persona non grata" list. It includes ft Landowner Joe Spencer argued on Tuesday that enough is enough, saying he has been long delayed I MIDTOWN, offenders plan. -- See track prolific 1.7-ac- ZONING, Bill Bell, an Orem city building It's getting harder for Utah County's most prolific criminals to stay under the radar. As part of his effort neighborhoods. On Tuesday, council members were at pains to point out that the See 79 completed condos in the south tower had been purchased. But with sales plummeting in recent months, there was no revenue coming in to pay contractor expenses or bank loans, he said. Myler said he plans to continue work on the development once he has refinanced the project and condo sales have rebounded. 'Persona mm grata' list helps 4 Caleb Warnock DAILY STAFF. refinance hopes Cuiitiirrl,il Sr Avutjhios State, Orem (at the top of the ProvoOrem hill) 225-151- 2 HfflMMM |